License-tag for motor-vehicles.



W. G. ANDERTON & O. S. JARVIS.

LICENSE TAG FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1910.

1,020,472. Patented Mar.19, 1912.

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WILLIAM G. ANDERTON AND CLAUDE S. JARVIS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LICENSE-TAG FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILLIAM G. ANDER- TON and CLAUDE S. JARVIS,citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyof 1. hiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in License-'llags for Motor-Vehicles, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in license tags for motorvehicles, the object of the invention being to provide a license tagcomposed of a single blank of sheet metal bent in a particular manner,whereby the tag proper and the lamp supporting journal are formed fromthe same blank, are therefore integral, and have a rigid relationshipwith each other so that there can be no movement of the tag relative tothe lamp.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which can bemanufactured and sold atan extremely low price, and which will be strongand durable in use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed outin theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a plan view of the blank fromwhich the device is made. Fig. 2, is a view in front elevation of thecompleted device, and Fig. 3, is an upper edge view of Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1, the blank is illustrated from which the tag is made, and theblank is shaped to form the tag proper 1 and arm 2, and the journalportion The blank is bent upon the line 4, so that the arm 2 projects atright angles to the tag proper 1, and the portion 3 is bent intosubstantially cylindri cal form to provide an integral lamp receivingjournal at the free end of arm 2, so that the lamp will throw its lightonto the tag to illuminate the printing matter on the latter. The blankis provided with two openings 5 to receive screws 6 which clamp a strap7 to the tag by means of nuts 8, and this strap 7 is adapted to bepositioned around the bracket on the vehicle.

A slot 9 is provided in the tag, so that tags of other States may bereadily secured thereto.

Various slight changes might be made inv the general form andarrangement of parts described without departing from our invention, andhence we do not limit ourselves to the precise details set forth, butconsider ourselves at liberty to make such changes and alterations asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1.. In an article of the class described, a strip of material bent toform a long and a short side having rigid relation with each other, thelong side constituting a license tag, and the short side bearing a lampsupporting journal integral therewith, there being a slot adjacent theupper edge of said long side to receive securing means for attachingother tags, and means for support .ing the said device on a vehicle,substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, a strip of sheet material, bentto form a long and a short side having rigid relation with each other,the long side constituting a license tag, said short arm being reducedin height for the greater part of its length and tcrn'linating in an endof greater height, said end constituting an integral lamp supportingjournal, there being a slot extending longiti'u'linally of the long sideadjacent its upper edge, whereby other tags may be' secured to the upperedge of the long side and dropped in front of the same, and means forsupporting the device on a vehicle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

IVILLTAM Gr. ANDERTON. CLAUDE S. JARVIS.

IVitnesscs CHAS. E. Po'rrs, R. H. KnnNnnL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

